Victoria's Riflebird
Ptiloris victoriaeGould, J, 1850
English (US) Victoria's Riflebird
The Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ptiloris victoriae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Victoria's Riflebird
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ptiloris Victoriae
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1850
- Type locality
- Barnard Island, North Queensland.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.17, no.196 p.111 pl.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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